Gourmet luxury travel - Malaysia and the world
Monica Tindall The cave of Raselli is run by a Spanish British chef Franco Spadaccini and his Italian wife. They have a reputation for pushing the barriers of the cuisine of Abruzzo by contemporizing regional recipes yet maintaining a strong base in tradition. Th…
Monica Tindall The most well-known of the Cantina Zaccagnini wines are immediately recognised by their signature rustic label tied off with a small twig of wood. Although the label looks rather hipster, the winery has been established since 1978 and is known for …
Monica Tindall What happens when a chef, a brewmaster and a florist meet? You get a delicious brewpub in one of Rome’s hippest art districts – ‘Na Biretta Social Club. Combing a passion for food, brew and design, founders of Birradamare, Massimo, Giovanni a…
Monica Tindall Does anyone speak Italian? If you do, you’ll see the cheeky play on words Birradmare have used in naming their craft brewery. Depending on where you break the word apart will result in a different meaning. “Birra da amare” means “beer to love” wherea…
Marco Turatti, executive chef of Publico at the InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay chats with The Yum List about his journey into the industry and his views on the Singapore food scene. What do you do and how did you get into the industry? I’m the Exec…
Monica Tindall I don’t know about you but my first experiences with shawarma were in my university years, in the wee hours of the morning. After an evening of clubbing, we’d stop at one of the hole-in-the-wall places selling late-night food; either burgers or Midd…
Monica Tindall When I’m travelling for The Yum List, time is short. We’re on the go dawn to midnight wanting to capture it, eat it, drink it and experience it all. There are not many quiet moments, and as such, I prepare as much as I can before I leave […]
InterContinental Dubai – Festival City – Stopover Monica Tindall Long gone are the days when I was willing to catch multiple long-haul flights one after the other to reach a destination. Gee, when I lived in Venezuela it would take us up to 48 hours som…
Monica Tindall What better way to explore the luxurious city of Dubai than with a helicopter tour? Dubai, home to some of the world’s most incredible architecture, seems to hold steady to the goal of building the longest, fastest, tallest and biggest of eve…
Pierre’s Bistro & Bar, InterContinental Dubai Monica Tindall I’m not sure what I expected to find at Pierre’s Bistro and Bar at InterContinental Dubai but it certainly wasn’t a tropical pink fantasy with flamingoes, jungle palms, gold-trimmed stoo…
Words: Kitty Lang Photos: Monica Tindall MTR: “A legendary name in South Indian comfort food, this super-popular eatery has had Bengaluru eating out of its hands since 1924.” – Lonely Planet As a lover of Indian food, I was excited to try MTR, a vegetar…
The Yum List gets some behind-the-scenes stories in an interview with Yugnes Susela, Head Bartender of Smoke & Mirrors Singapore. What do you do and how did you get into the industry? I am the Head Bartender of Smoke & Mirrors, the destination bar atop the …